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queen dowager en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. The widow of a king.
    • The new Royal Saloon rode roughly at first. It was originally a four-wheel carriage, and as such it was used by Adelaide, the Queen Dowager, but before the Queen [Queen Victoria] travelled in it the body was mounted on an eight-wheel frame. 1953 June, “Royal Railway Journeys”, in Railway Magazine, page 363:

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queen dowagers Number=Plur lexicographic
queens dowagers Number=Plur lexicographic
queens dowager Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

queen mother

Translations (12)

pl wdowa po królu (widow of a king) · vi vương thái hậu (widow of a king) · es reina viuda (widow of a king) · ga baintreach an rí (widow of a king) · fo einkjudrotning (widow of a king) · nb enkedronning (widow of a king) · de Königswitwe (widow of a king) · de Königinwitwe (widow of a king) · fi leskikuningatar (widow of a king) · pt rainha viúva (widow of a king) · ru вдо́вствующая короле́ва (widow of a king) · cmn 王太后 (widow of a king)